On March 16, Wujiang pickled mustard issued a statement on the “top ten products not recommended in 2021”, saying that “all production of our company is carried out in strict accordance with the national food safety standard (GB 27142015), including the two indicators of sodium and sweetener mentioned in the list; the fresh and crisp shredded mustard has been strictly tested by the national quality inspection department, and the inspection results meet the national standards.”
In addition, the statement also attached the sampling inspection qualification report (Report No.: 202108fb010090) of 20 bags of Wujiang mustard fresh and crisp shredded vegetables (batch number or production date: 20201230).
Previously, a media released the “top ten products not recommended in 2021”. The reason why Wujiang fresh and crisp pickled mustard shred was listed was that there were relatively more sodium and sweeteners.
For the statement, some netizens left a message, “I can finally eat mustard at ease.” “Support Wujiang.”
There are also objections. Some netizens said, “the report is valid for one year. It seems to have expired. It will expire on January 28, 2022.” In this regard, Wujiang pickled mustard blogger replied, “because the list mentioned the top ten products not recommended in 2021, our reply is also the national quality inspection standard for products in 2021.”
Some netizens left a message to protect their rights, “I found mold when eating pickled mustard at noon. Give me an explanation.” In this regard, Wujiang pickled mustard blogger replied, “dear, if this situation occurs within the warranty period, it is generally due to the scratch and air leakage of the outer package, and the air leakage products are not edible. Please send a private letter to the contact number and receiving address, and we will arrange the after-sales staff in the corresponding area to contact you as soon as possible.”
China Quality News Network noted that there are also many complaints about Wujiang mustard on an online complaint platform, involving moldy and hairy Wujiang mustard, serious rot of Wujiang mustard, plastic waste from Wujiang Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group Co.Ltd(002507) eating, etc.
According to the official website of Wujiang pickled mustard, Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group Co.Ltd(002507) is a food processing enterprise based on pickled mustard and based on the rapid development in the field of appetizers, with a registered capital of 888 million yuan. The group has 10 subsidiaries, 10 production plants, 1 digital production workshop, 17 automatic production lines and 280000 tons of raw material fermentation pits, with an annual production capacity of 200000 tons of mustard and pickles. Its products include Wujiang mustard, Wujiang radish, Wujiang pickle, Wujiang kelp silk, Wujiang soy sauce, Huitong meals and other products. Among them, Wujiang mustard claims to be “15 billion packages of hot sales in the world”.
